Q: Is 47,001,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,001,672 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 47,001,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 53 72 106 109 113 159 212 218 226 318 327 339 424 436 452 477 636 654 678 872 904 954 981 1,017 1,272 1,308 1,356 1,908 1,962 2,034 2,616 2,712 3,816 3,924 4,068 5,777 5,989 7,848 8,136 11,554 11,978 12,317 17,331 17,967 23,108 23,956 24,634 34,662 35,934 36,951 46,216 47,912 49,268 51,993 53,901 69,324 71,868 73,902 98,536 103,986 107,802 110,853 138,648 143,736 147,804 207,972 215,604 221,706 295,608 415,944 431,208 443,412 652,801 886,824 1,305,602 1,958,403 2,611,204 3,916,806 5,222,408 5,875,209 7,833,612 11,750,418 15,667,224 23,500,836 and 47,001,672, with no remainder.

Since 47,001,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,001,672, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).